In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (ii) of sub-section (1) of section 80L of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Government hereby specifies the bonds in the nature of debentures, detailed below, issued by the “Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India limited, Mumbai,” in its public issue of Safety Bonds-December, 2000, for the purpose of the said clause: